stuart_harris

Victor,

Delta 100 is a fantastic film, I use it with D76 or ID-11 and some of the fine grain developers, It's an incredibly forgiving film. I vary the development time depending on what my photos are of and I like the fact that it still looks great whether i'm going for high contrast or subtle light effects. It's hard to say without knowing what you're photographing and what your personal tastes are but I would recommend you to stick with the film and just try out different dev/time combos. In my experience and talking to others at some point you will hit apon one combo which is perfect for you, with slight alterations you can then tailor it to your tastes.

In my opinion it's the best B+W film for general use, try shooting at slightly lower than it's rated asa too.

Happy Shooting.

Stuart

After reading many recomendations to upgrade my Hassy 500CM to a

Acute-Matte D I cant decide which one to go for, at the moment i have

the standard focusing screen. I like the sound of a split image focus

but as i cant try it out (i'm having to buy mail order) I'd really

like to hear anyones opinions on the split image V plain. I can

imagine that having the split image in the middle of the picture

could be annoying esp. if the object i'm focusing on is not in the

middle, but i can also imagine that it would be a very useful tool.

If you use these screen please tell me how you feel about each.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Stuart.

A battered old Hasselblad will be infinately better than a new Kiev any day of the week. If you are looking for a SLR take a look a older Hasselblads 500C or 500CM or Bronica's, but if you really are just starting out in medium format photography why not get a Twin lens camera? you can pick up Rollicords and Mamiya's quite cheaply and you will get a really good grounding in medium format along with excellent results. I started out with a twin lens Mamiyaflex and even though it wasn't expensive it produced some beautiful images.

MF is great to get into, I wish you all the best of luck. Dont be afraid of some of the cameras just because they look old or complicated but I would urge you to think twice before buying a Kiev.

Stuart.

Hello, Can anyone explain to me the difference between a Hasselblad

80 CT lens and 80 CT* ? is there a difference? if so what does the T*

mean, I would also love to hear if anyone knows of any really good

online Hasselblad equipment retailers in the UK and their web address.

I'm looking for some Hasselblad used spares.

thanks.